The Lewis Bass Field Evaluation Walk-through Experience
Before you jump into the quiz, take a moment to imagine you’ve just stepped onto a facility floor where a brand-new piece of equipment is waiting for a field evaluation.
The customer is counting on you. The AHJ expects clarity and competency. And the machine? Well, it’s not going to tell you what’s wrong! You have to uncover it.
This interactive walk-through is designed to put you in the shoes of a real field evaluator following the same principles we use at Lewis Bass every day. You’ll work through eight practical steps, spot non-compliant conditions, and choose the corrective actions needed to bring an industrial machine up to the safety level required for field labeling.
Take your time, trust your instincts, and enjoy the process.
Now, let’s begin your evaluation.
Today you are evaluating a newly installed automated packaging machine at a food processing company for compliance before it can be field labeled and put into service/commissioned. Using concepts from NFPA 791 (field evaluation procedures), UL 508A (industrial control panels), and NEC (NFPA 70), work through each step and choose the best action to correct non-compliances. There are 8 steps from “red tag” to “ready for field label.”